Our house in Grecia

Well, we finally settled for a month trial basis into a rented house in the hills above Grecia, central valley, Costa Rica. This is a two-storey wooden cabina with 3 BRs, 1 Bathroom and 1345 sq ft. It is situated among a stand of tall pines, originally planted for power poles, at an elevation of 4,200 ft along a ridge on the flank of Vulcan Poas. This setting gives temperate days and fresh nights ideal for sleeping under a blanket. The plot of land is 3.5 acres, streching from the ridge road down 1,000 feet to a small river, providing a watery soundtrack to the long vistas. It is normally quiet, but now and then interrupted by 2 cycle motorcycles or ATVs that rip by along the ridge road like motorized fingernails on a blackboard. Except for those brief moments of round-eyed anguish, this is a lovely and tranquil place.

We have met several neighbours and they are smiling, gentle people with a ready wave and buenos dias.

It is rainy season, so every day around noon onward it clouds over with heavy rain and perhaps thunder showers and lightning. As we are surrounded by 100 foot tall pine-scented lightning rods, we unplug critical electronics when lightning is about.

We are slowly winning the battle with inquisitive insects who seem to really want to come in and visit us.





Our cabina.









Kitchen and spiral staircase to second floor









Master bedroom upstairs.










View of Central Valley from 2nd floor veranda









View across(through the pines) to coffee fields on next ridge to west.








Our laundry room is outdoors, just steps from the clothesline.










A pair of blue-crowned mot-mots are regulars in the garden. They love banana and will sit still for minutes at a time while you look at them, and they look at you.